“Denver is highly committed to sports and this is evident by the fact that we stand as one of the few U.S. We have also gained that reputation nationally with our world-class skiing and mountain sports venues, as well as boasting eight major league sports teams,” said Richard Scharf, president and CEO of the Denver Metro Convention and Visitors Bureau. “Denver is well known as a sports town locally and regionally. SportAccord 2009 is a great win for our community.” “We look forward to welcoming these leaders of the sports movement, to share and learn from their knowledge and experience. “Hosting this event will offer the community the opportunity to improve and enhance our reputation for developing and working with the world’s elite athletes and sport organizations,” said MDSC Executive Chairman and Founder Rob Cohen. I am sure our delegates will be very pleased with the city.” “When I visited Denver, I was very impressed by the centralized location and quality of all venues. “Denver will be an exciting venue for SportAccord 2009,” said Anna Hellman, General Manager of SportAccord. The 2007 event is currently underway in Beijing, China, and the 2008 event is scheduled for Athens, Greece. The first four SportAccord events have been hosted by Madrid, Lausanne, Berlin and Seoul. SportAccord typically draws nearly 1,200 decision makers from more than 60 countries worldwide to network and learn more about the international sports movement. “We look forward to sharing our ‘Mile High’ energy and sports enthusiasm with this international community.” “Denver is honored to be chosen as the host city of SportAccord 2009 and it is a special distinction to be chosen as the first North American city,” said Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper. The Denver announcement followed the introduction of Athens, Greece as the host for SportAccord 2008. MDSC and SportAccord agreed in January that Denver would host the 2009 event. This is the first time SportAccord will be hosted in North America, and it will be held from March 23-27, 2009.
The Metro Denver Sports Commission (MDSC) announced on Apthat Denver has been selected to host SportAccord 2009, the 7th annual International Sports Convention that brings together International Sports Federations, members of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Olympic committees, bidding and host cities, event organizing committees and businesses. Metro Denver Sports Commission to host international sports conference for 2009 The next time I go to Sydney, which will be my fifth time there,maybe I will see another person wearing a Bronco's jersey.ĭenver is first North American city to host SportAccord conference For that matter this goes for NBAl.More than a handful of people have heard the name Carmello Anthony.
Canadian league football is nothing more than an in house sport for a considerably small, finite number of localized lemmings, American football is UNIVERSALLY watched,respected,and discussed. It's favorable reputation around the US is very consistent as well, having witnessed this first hand while traveling extensively and lived in multiple cities.ĭo not ever bring up sports as some kind of heralding reign that Calgary has over Denver : you weakly attempted to do so in another thread and it just allows yourself to look even more ignorant. I would not describe Denver as a huge international city, but people are more than clearly aware of it's existence. Someone is surely talking some serious fallacy here, It just so happens that about everyone I talked to when I lived in both the Middle East and Europe had heard of Denver. If you tell them you're from "Denver, Colorado", about 95% of them will still stare at you blankly. 97% of them will stare at you blankly because they've never heard of it. Go to Europe, Asia, or Australia and tell people you're from "Denver". You think Denver is some internationally famous city. Based on your comments you've never been outside the United States.
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